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"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire."
- Jaya Ballard, task mage (as relayed on the "Sizzle" card)

Jaya Ballard was a pre-Mending planeswalker. She started off her career as a task mage, which was a term for unaffiliated problem-solvers-at-large who operated during Dominaria's Ice Age. She was an associate of Jodah, the Archmage Eternal, and eventually became a planeswalker after various crazy adventures with him. It was previously hinted that she founded Keral Keep, the monastery where Chandra Nalaar trained.

One of the best things about her is the flavor text. A lot of the best flavor text on Magic: The Gathering cards from the mid-1990s is attributed to her.

She currently has a creature card and one planeswalker cards. Even though spellshapers did not originally exist in card form during the Ice Age, Jaya's creature card is templated as one, with each of the spells she shapes mimicking a famous card that featured one of her quotes (Pyroblast, Incinerate, and Inferno, in order).

Planeswalkers of Magic: The Gathering
Original Five:	Ajani Goldmane - Chandra Nalaar Garruk Wildspeaker - Jace Beleren - Liliana Vess
Alara:	Elspeth Tirel - Nicol Bolas - Sarkhan Vol - Tezzeret
Zendikar:	Gideon Jura - Nissa Revane - Sorin Markov
Scars of Mirrodin:	Karn - Koth of the Hammer - Venser
Innistrad:	Tamiyo - Tibalt - Davriel Cane
Return to Ravnica:	Domri Rade - Ral Zarek - Vraska
Theros:	Ashiok - Kiora - Xenagos - Calix
Tarkir:	Ugin - Narset
Kaladesh:	Dovin Baan - Saheeli Rai
Amonkhet:	Samut
Other:	Dack Fayden - Vivien Reid - Kaya
Commander 2014:	Daretti - Freyalise - Nahiri - Ob Nixilis - Teferi
Pre-mending:	Bo Levar - Commodore Guff - Jaya Ballard - Urza
Forgotten Realms:	Ellywick Tumblestrum - Bahamut - Lolth - Zariel - Mordenkainen
Planeswalker Groups:	The Gatewatch

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-'''The GRAND DAD EMPIRE''' ARE a prolific [[VINESAUCE]]-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY.  Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with [[JOEL]]).
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+<blockquote>''"Of course you should fight fire with fire.  You should fight everything with fire."''
+:- Jaya Ballard, task mage (as relayed on the "[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sizzle Sizzle]" card)</blockquote>
-They operated out of the now-defunct SilvaGunner YouTube channel until some time in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before largely being abandoned.
+Jaya Ballard was a pre-[[Mending]] [[planeswalker]]. She started off her career as a task mage, which was a term for unaffiliated problem-solvers-at-large who operated during [[Dominaria]]'s [[Ice Age]]. She was an associate of Jodah, the Archmage Eternal, and eventually became a planeswalker after various crazy adventures with him. It was previously hinted that she founded Keral Keep, the monastery where [[Chandra Nalaar]] trained.
-== Forums ==
+One of the best things about her is the flavor text. A lot of the best flavor text on [[Magic: The Gathering]] cards from the mid-1990s is [http://magiccards.info/query?q=ft%3A%22jaya+ballard%22&v=card&s=cname attributed to her].
-The original forums appeared to function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS, MEME showcase, and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion.
-== Events ==
+She currently has a creature card and one planeswalker cards. Even though spellshapers did not originally exist in card form during the Ice Age, Jaya's creature card is templated as one, with each of the spells she shapes mimicking a famous card that featured one of her quotes (Pyroblast, Incinerate, and Inferno, in order).
-The VINESAUCE gaming events that The GRAND DAD Fugitives held were known for being diverse and involved, due in large part to their incredibly strong homebrew scene.  These events would involve Tempus-Fugitives-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade, and some that still don't!  They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments, with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS.
-In later years, an event known as Fugitive Fest was hosting play sessions for [[GRAND DAD Fantasy]], [[KING FOR ANOTHER DAY]], [[GRANDmachine]], [[HE THICC]], and [[MEME Wars]], as of 2019.
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-== HIGH-QUALITY RIPS and MEMES == Some HIGH-QUALITY RIPS appear to have seen releases or updates in 5th and 6th edition.  Note that The GRAND DAD Fugitives seem to have been most active between 2007 and 2013.
-* GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO
-* GRAND DAD: The Gauntlet of ASS (SANS, PAPYRUS, SPONGE, HE THICC, and SMOL NOZOMI)
-* '''GRAND DAD''' 3: GRAND DAD IS GOD
-GRAND DAD IS LOVE
-GRAND DAD IS LIFE
-GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI
-FOR MEMES
-FOR VINESAUCE
-AND FOR
-SILVAGUNNER
-[[Category: Memes]][[Category: GRAND DAD]][[Category: GRAND DAD Fantasy]]

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